pps: generators: don't use the driver's info after unregister

A file that was opened before pps_gen_unregister_source() keeps
pps_gen, and with it the pointer to the driver's pps_gen_source_info.
PPS_GEN_SETENABLE and PPS_GEN_USESYSTEMCLOCK keep using that pointer
after the driver has gone:

 - pps_gen_tio allocates its info with devm_kzalloc(), so after an
   unbind both ioctls read freed memory, and SETENABLE calls the
   driver's enable() with its freed private data.

 - pps_gen-dummy does not set info->owner, so it can be unloaded while
   the file is open, and the ioctls then read the unloaded module's
   data and call its code.

TIO can't probe in a VM, as it needs ART. A test driver that registers
its info in devm memory like TIO does, unbound while /dev/pps-gen0 is
open, gives:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in pps_gen_cdev_ioctl+0x4c1/0x580
  Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800e647f38 by task ppsgen64/145
  ...
  Freed by task 146:
   kfree+0x25a/0x6d0
   release_nodes+0xd1/0x140
   devres_release_all+0x10e/0x1a0
   device_unbind_cleanup+0x71/0x250
   device_release_driver_internal+0x41b/0x570
   unbind_store+0xd9/0x100

and unloading pps_gen-dummy while its file is open oopses:

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffa0203040
  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
  RIP: 0010:pps_gen_cdev_ioctl+0x372/0x580

Protect info in the ioctl handler with a mutex, and clear it under the
mutex on unregister, so that unregister waits for the ioctls using it
and later ones fail with -ENODEV. PPS_KC_BIND does the same for a
removed PPS device since commit 3649f9a6b8 ("pps: don't allow
PPS_KC_BIND on removed devices"). The sysfs attributes need nothing
new: they are removed, and their callbacks drained, before info is
cleared.

Fixes: 86b525bed2 ("drivers pps: add PPS generators support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Danish Khateeb <danishkhateeb03@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260929124937.51114-3-danishkhateeb03@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Danish Khateeb 2026-09-29 07:49:35 -05:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent d19552611c
commit 4e8063cae3
2 changed files with 28 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -69,17 +69,28 @@ static long pps_gen_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file,
if (ret)
return -EFAULT;
ret = pps_gen->info->enable(pps_gen, status);
if (ret)
return ret;
pps_gen->enabled = status;
scoped_guard(mutex, &pps_gen->info_lock) {
if (!pps_gen->info)
return -ENODEV;
ret = pps_gen->info->enable(pps_gen, status);
if (ret)
return ret;
pps_gen->enabled = status;
}
break;
case PPS_GEN_USESYSTEMCLOCK:
dev_dbg(&pps_gen->dev, "PPS_GEN_USESYSTEMCLOCK\n");
ret = put_user(pps_gen->info->use_system_clock, uiuarg);
scoped_guard(mutex, &pps_gen->info_lock) {
if (!pps_gen->info)
return -ENODEV;
status = pps_gen->info->use_system_clock;
}
ret = put_user(status, uiuarg);
if (ret)
return -EFAULT;
@ -212,6 +223,15 @@ static void pps_gen_unregister_cdev(struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen)
{
pr_debug("unregistering pps-gen%d\n", pps_gen->id);
cdev_device_del(&pps_gen->cdev, &pps_gen->dev);
/*
* An open file keeps pps_gen around, but the driver may free info as
* soon as we return. The sysfs files are gone now, so wait for the
* ioctls using info and make later ones fail.
*/
scoped_guard(mutex, &pps_gen->info_lock)
pps_gen->info = NULL;
put_device(&pps_gen->dev);
}
@ -243,6 +263,7 @@ struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen_register_source(const struct pps_gen_source_info
pps_gen->info = info;
pps_gen->enabled = false;
mutex_init(&pps_gen->info_lock);
init_waitqueue_head(&pps_gen->queue);
spin_lock_init(&pps_gen->lock);

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@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/pps_gen.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
/*
* Global defines
@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ struct pps_gen_source_info {
/* The main struct */
struct pps_gen_device {
const struct pps_gen_source_info *info; /* PSS generator info */
struct mutex info_lock; /* protects info */
bool enabled; /* PSS generator status */
unsigned int event;